Nitrate in maternal drinking water associated with fetal growth restriction
Women whose household drinking water contained nitrate had babies that weighed, on average, 10 grams less than babies born to mothers where household water had no detectible nitrate, according to a new study from researchers at the University of Illinois Chicago and Aarhus University.
The study, which is published in the journal
Environmental Health Perspectives, followed pregnant women living in Denmark. The researchers found that even low nitrate levels about half of the allowable level set by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, or EPA caused an adverse effect.
Digital Forensics Firm 4Discovery To Service Illinois Higher Education Institutions
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Chicago-based firm selected to perform digital forensics, incident response, and security assessment services for the next five years.
We’re proud that we’ll be able to help support the high-education institutions in Illinois. CHICAGO (PRWEB) February 10, 2021 Chicago-based digital forensics firm 4Discovery announced that they have been selected as a vendor for the Illinois Public Higher Education Cooperative, “IPHEC”. The selection was awarded under solicitation IPHEC2110 to provide Incident Response, Security Assessment, & Digital Forensic Services for IPHEC’s 13 public institutions of higher education in Illinois.
The award allows 4Discovery to serve as a vendor to respond to cybersecurity and data breaches, security audits and assessments, and digital forensic services for IPHEC’s members through 20
Women whose household drinking water contained nitrate had babies that weighed, on average, 10 grams less than babies born to mothers where household water had no detectible nitrate, according to a new study. Even low nitrate levels about half of the allowable level set by the US Environmental Protection Agency, or EPA caused an adverse effect.
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Feb 9, 2021 9:30 am
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Three alumni have been appointed by Gov. J.B. Pritzker to the University of Illinois System Board of Trustees.
The governor on Friday named finance executive Ramón Cepeda, banking executive Sarah Phalen and agricultural communicator Tami Craig Schilling to six-year terms on the board, pending approval of the Illinois Senate. This will be Cepeda’s second term as a trustee.
“I am pleased to welcome Sarah Phalen and Tami Craig Schilling to the Board of Trustees and am delighted that Ramón Cepeda will serve a second term,” said Don Edwards, the chairman of the board. “I look forward to working with them as we seek to maintain the rich tradition of excellence that has so long been a hallmark of a University of Illinois education.
ESSAY: You may know that the U.S. Senate is deeply divided and entrenched. Less obvious: the chamber is the least representative elected political body